Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Bristol £48,000

Location: Bristol, England

Salary:

Sector: Engineering

Type: Permanent

Huxley engineering are recruiting for one of their key clients near the Portishead area that specialise in the design and development of special purpose electro-mechanical machinery for a niche industry sector.

The business is highly innovative; customer focused and has consistently grown over recent years. It offers all the advantages of a large multinational company backed up by the security and professionalism of a global group.

Role Outline:

Reporting directly to the Engineering Manager, the Lead Systems Engineer role exists to act as the lead technical resource for either a specific project, or to provide direction across multiple projects, providing guidance to Project Leads and Senior Engineers as circumstances require.

Aspects of the role include:

Leading engineering solutions for Engineer to Order products

Improving departmental processes in support of the Engineering Manager

Work independently on significant developments and provide appropriate reporting to senior management

Role Requirements:

Owning and running development projects and activities.

Interpretation and delivery of customer specification

Co-ordination of design activities on larger projects in assistance to the Project Leader

Technical ownership of modules of large projects and provide technical support to the Project Manager

Lead HAZOP and design reviews.

Product design and development - creation of best practice guidance and training.

Direction and development of more junior personnel

Design calculations in support of design

Specification of equipment sub systems

Development of test specifications

Type testing of equipment and subsystems

Writing of reports

Preparation of technical construction file documents

Components selection

Support to Technical Review and Engineering Specification processes within the ETO department

Educational Requirements:

Good degree or higher qualification in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or other similar qualification depending on background or experience

Experience:

Previous experience in a technical product development role and experience of working as a Principal Engineer or other similar lead role.

Knowledge of Semiconductor industry or Chemical process plant or equipment would be beneficial.

Skills:

Strong knowledge of product development methods and working practices

Understand key project deliverable and requirements and have the ability to report concisely to the senior management